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4 August 2006
Race Seven
Once again the Hayling weather tempts and teases
like Mata Hari. On the final day of racing the morning dawns with a
gentle breeze off the land. The warm and sunny weather means the
prospects of a counter sea breeze are high. The chances of fitting
in the final race ahead of championship deadline of 14.00 hrs do not
look good. All efforts must be made to fit in the final race, with
the title finely poised between the British team of Mark Upton-Brown
and the American duo of Howard Hamlin and Jeff Nelson. Just three
points separate the two.
The fleet is released from shore. Boats first
drift out on a fading northerly. Flags hang limp from the Race
Committee vessels. Then a gentle stirring, as subtle as a bustle in
a hedgerow, brings the fleet forward to the designated race track in
Bracklesham Bay, on a barely perceptible westerly. The pressure
builds to an irregular six knots, but that’s enough gas to get the
fleet away just half an hour before the time limit. The breeze is
behaving like a drunkard, zagging from lamppost to lamppost, but
remarkably, it acts sober long enough for the pathfinder to open the
starting gate. A big right shift threatens a recall, but then it’s
back to the left. Boats from both sides are arriving at the top
mark. First round are the German team of Sophie Soellner and
Wolfgang Stueckl.
The German pair are sailing well and worthy of
their time under the spotlight. But with the title so close, the
attention is on the series leaders. Hamlin and Nelson must have
feared for the worst when rounding in 21st place. But where were
Upton-Brown and Mitchell? Back in the forties, that’s where. If the
Americans could pull back through into the top three they could
still clinch the title. The left shift makes the run to leeward one
sided, with limited overtaking opportunities. However the contenders
stick to their task. The pressure starts to build further from the
left. The British pair spot this and sail into the header, and
triumphantly tack back onto port tack, clearing much of the fleet
and, most importantly for them, climbing through Hamlin and Nelson
in the process. By the second windward mark they have gained an
extraordinary thirty seven spaces into sixth place. Hamlin and
Nelson have also done well but are back in eleventh.
Apart from a brief challenge from the Swedes,
Magnus Nilsson and Andreas Carlsson, Soellner and Stuckl are
reigning supreme at the front. A measure of their achievement is
that the places behind them are changing like the numbers out of a
lottery machine. The wind is still well left on the reaching legs,
making the first a two sailer and the second broad enough to require
a second or third gybe as the wind was becoming more convincing,
gusting at over 12 knots. By the end of the third upwind leg, it is
the Germans, then the Swedes, then Upton-Brown and Mitchell and, to
keep the tension wound up in this tightest of contests, Hamlin and
Nelson.
All the Americans can do now is to get back in
front of Upton-Brown and Mitchell, finish in the top three and then
hope that the Britons make mistake that drops them to sixth place or
lower. On the final beat they achieve the only part in their control,
squeezing into second place on the last leg. However, the British
pair hold onto third spot, enough to secure the title by two points.
This is the second time Upton-Brown/Mitchell have been World Champions,
their previous win being in Denmark in 1997.
Top six Race 7:
1: Sophie Soellner, Wolfgang Stuckl, GER 8901
2: Howard Hamlin, Jeff Nelson, USA 8266
3: Mark Upton-Brown, Ian Mitchell, GBR 8908
4: Dietrich Scheder, Rainer Gorge, GER 8728
5: Ian Pinnell, Steve Hunt, GBR 8882
6: Jan Saugmann, Morten Ramsbaek, DEN 8620
Overall Result – (top six)
1: Mark Upton-Brown, Ian Mitchell, GBR 8908 16pts
2: Howard Hamlin, Jeff Nelson, USA 8266 18pts
3: Jens Findel, Johannes Tellen, GER 8875 39pts
4: Tyler Moore, Jesse Falsone, USA 8883 42pts
5: Jan Saugmann, Morten Ramsbaek, DEN 42pts
6: Michael Quirk, Geoff Lange, AUS 8886 43pts
3 August 2006
Race Six
After the fifth race yesterday the wind had been
expected to soften but, just to prove that you can have too much of
a good thing, it carried on shaking and rattling all night long.
Although during the course of the night it had swung to the north,
when the competitors assembled on Thursday morning they found that
the wind was still barrelling down Chichester Harbour at over 30
knots. Once again it was a case of a long wait. Every time the wail
of the halyards in the boat park fell, so did the hopes of the
competitors; time and time again a shrieking crescendo heralded
another postponement. Just when it appeared that the day would be
lost, the anemometer stopped revolving like a spin dryer on
amphetamines and the Race Officer Paul Carpenter called a start at
17.15 hours. Race six was under way.
The off shore breeze on the race area was
shifting over twenty degrees in direction but also varying in
strength from between 12 and 18 knots. At the first mark, Jens
Findel and Johannes Tellen of Germany proved themselves the most
adapt at picking their way through this confusion, ahead of Tyler
Moore and Jesse Falsone of the USA, and another German boat, Nicki
Daisenberg and Andreas Achterberg. Of apparent significance for the
final resting place of the World Championship trophy was that Great
Britain’s Mark Upton-Brown and Ian Mitchell rounded in fourth place
but their closest contenders for the title, Howard Hamlin and Jeff
Nelson (USA) and Mike Quirk and Geoff Lange (AUS) were well back in
the fleet.
However, as is often the case, the next downwind
offered options. Left or right? High or low? Hamlin and Nelson were
among those who were able to achieve a measure of redemption, and
had closed the gap between them and Upton-Brown by the start of the
next upwind leg. The fleet split and although there was a noticeable
westerly tidal set across the course, the shifts and pressure
changes ranked higher in the tactical considerations. Initially the
group that went right on the beat looked good, but then the boats on
the left had the advantage. However Findel and Tellen skilfully
picked their way up the middle of the course and consolidated their
lead by the top mark. However, behind them the running order was
being scrambled. Moore and Falsone were hanging on to second but
another German challenge emerged from Christian Kellner and Heini
Rix, who rounded third , closely followed by the British pairing of
Martin Goult and Gordon Russell. Upton-Brown had a poor beat,
dropping to tenth, but he was still ahead of Hamlin and Nelson who
had only progressed to fourteenth.
The first reach was tight for the leaders, but
the broader second reach brought many more options. Boats were
spread right across the track. The wind was beginning to drop and
catching the puffs that came through was becoming more critical. It
was impossible for Findel and Tellen to cover all possibilities and
by the bottom mark, compatriots Kellner and Rix had wafted
themselves into a narrow lead. Upton-Brown and Mitchell also were
able to us this leg to stage a recovery, moving back up to fourth,
although they were being closely tracked by Hamlin and Nelson who
worked their way back up to sixth.
On the third beat the leaders were becoming more
wary of each other and few broke far from the pack, apart from the
leaders Kellner and Rix who opted to go the far left of the beat
when those following all went right. In doing so, they surrendered
the lead back to Findel and Tellen, who rounded the windward mark
for the third time with a lead of over a minute. Although the force
may have been with Findel, Upton-Brown and Mitchell underlined their
determination to reclaim the title they last won nine years ago by
cleverly judging their approach to the mark to round fractionally
ahead of yet another German pretender, in the shape of Boris Herrman
and Julien Kleiner.
On the final run, the wind was dropping away and
for much of the time was only about 6 knots. Upton-Brown found some
elusive pressure to close the gap on the German leaders but although
he made distance between him and Hamlin and Nelson, he could not get
any more boats between them. Coming up the final beat the leading
pack all sailed defensively, the only real break being attempted by
the winners of Race 5, Britons Ian Barker and Mark Darling, but they
were unable to improve on their placing.
Upton-Brown and Mitchell can now insert blotting
paper rather than tissue pair between themselves and Hamlin and
Nelson, extending their overall points lead to 3 points. With one
more race now scheduled for tomorrow the championship there is still
everything to play for for these two boats at least.
Top six Race 6:
1: Jens Findel, Johannes Tellen, GER 8875
2: Mark Upton-Brown, Ian Mitchell, GBR 8908
3: Boris Hermann, Julian Kleiner, GER 8903
4: Howard Hamlin, Jeff Nelson, USA 8266
5: Terry Scutcher, Christian Diebitsch
6: Ian Barker, Mark Darling, GBR 8743
2 August 2006
Race 5
By the start of Race 5 the fleet of over a
hundred 505’s was being tested by a breeze that was gusting between
18 and 24 knots. In similar conditions to those during their victory
in the epic Race 3, Australians Mike Quirk and Geoff Lange played
pathfinder. This should have been in their favour as the right hand
side of the beat was now clearly paying most of the time. However,
this race was to be dominated by two British crews, Ian Barker and
Mark Darling and the ever present Mark Upton-Brown and Ian Mitchell.
These two rounded the first mark in that order. To emphasise that
this was a good day for the host nation, they were closely followed
by Debbie Darling and Paul Young. As for the Americans that had
showed so strongly in the previous race, none were in the top ten.
On the first downwind leg, Upton-Brown and
Mitchell found more pressure by gybing inside Barker and Darling and
by the bottom mark had nudged into the lead. These two crews were
giving a master class in heavy air sailing and by the end of the
next beat they were still within a few boat lengths of each other,
with a gap of over a minute back to the third placed boat of Ebbe
Rosen and Olle Wenrup who have been consistent faces near the front
during this series.
The two British boats stormed away down the two
reaching legs and although the gusting wind was proving a test too
far for some less experienced crews, they both executed the
spinnaker hoist, gybe and drop immaculately so that Barker and
Darling were still looming large in Upton Brown’s mirrors as they
rounded the bottom mark. The decisive moment came when Upton-Brown’s
tiller extension got caught when tacking near the start of the next
beat. This momentary delay to their progress was all that was needed
to give Barker and Darling the chance they needed to sweep into the
lead. From then on they used what appeared to be a marginally better
upwind speed to stretch away from their rivals. In the meantime the
Danish team of Jan Saugmann and Morten Ramsbaek had muscled their
way past Rosen and Wenrup to the front of the rest of the fleet.
Baring mistakes or gear failure the first two
positions were secure by the start of the final lap. Barker and
Darling eventually had a two minute advantage over Upton-Brown and
Mitchell, who had a similar cushion between them and the third place
boat. However, further back the race was still very much alive.
Indeed the final long upwind leg of this race could prove on of the
key moments of the whole championships. After having spent most of
the race out of the top ten, Howard Hamlin and Jeff Nelson played a
blinding last lap, first moving into seventh place on the run and
then picking the shifts correctly to pull up to fourth place by the
finish.
This late charge by Hamlin and Nelson means that
they can discard the tenth place from Race 1, which puts them only
one point behind Upton-Brown and Mitchell in the overall standings,
and five points clear of Quirk and Lange. With three races still
scheduled much excitement is anticipated over the next couple of
days.
Top six Race 5:
1: Ian Barker, Mark Darling, GBR 8743
2: Mark Upton-Brown, Ian Mitchell, GBR 8908
3: Jan Saugmann, Morten Ramsbaek, DEN 8620
4: Howard Hamlin, Jeff Nelson, USA 8266
5: Michael Quirk and Geoff Lange, AUS 8886
6: Tyler Moore, Jesse Falsone, USA 8883
Race Four
With the strong winds that had caused racing to
be postponed the previous day abating, the fourth race of the series
was able to start on time. The beat into the force 4 westerly was
against the tide, and the received wisdom was that the right hand,
inshore, side of the track should pay. However, not for the first
time, Hayling Bay sprung a surprise with the early starters who went
left being the first to show at the windward mark. First round were
the winners of Race 2, Ebbe Rosen and Olle Wenrup of Sweden, sailing
with a new mast to replace the one broken in Race 3. Australian pair,
Michael Babbage and James Mcallister, were newcomers to the leader
board when they slipped round in second place. Then came the
American challenge with Howard Hamlin and Jeff Nelson being chased
for the bronze medal position by Doug Hagan and Robert Woelfel.
The 505 Class changed its traditional course
configuration a few years ago so that championship races now have
two windward leeward lass and only one triangular lap around the
gybe mark. The fact that this configuration keeps the race open for
longer was proved on the next downwind leg when the puffs down the
course created distinct overtaking lanes for those aware enough to
exploit them. There was much shuffling of the leading pack on this
leg. By the bottom mark, Hamlin and Nelson had taken the lead from
Rosen and Wenrup, and both the American pair of Tyler Moore and
Jesse Falsone and series leader, Mark Upton-Brown and Ian Mitchell
had made purposeful gains.
On the next beat the race began to settle down.
Hamlin and Nelson were showing good speed and by the start of the
next lap had stretched their advantage over the Swedes. A closer
tussle was going on between the next four boats, with Hagan and
Woelfel, Moore and Falsone and Upton-Brown and Mitchell being joined
by heavy air specialists, Stefan Boehm and Gerald Roos of Germany.
In view of the loss of racing the previous day,
the Race Committee was keen to make sure two races were sailed today
and therefore had set the upwind leg at only one nautical mile. In
the freshening breeze this meant that Hamlin and Nelson took the
chequered flag barely an hour after the start,
Top six Race 4:
1: Howard Hamlin, Jeff Nelson, USA 8266
2: Ebbe Rosen, Olle Wenrup, SWE 8232
3 Tyler Moore, Jesse Falsone, USA 8883
4 Doug Hagan, Robert Woelfel, USA 8554
5: Stefan Boehm, Gerald Roos, GER 8862
6: Mark Upton-Brown, Ian Mitchell, GBR 8908
31 July 2006
After the high of yesterday, the fleet today
experienced the low of sitting in the clubhouse waiting for the Race
Officer's decision on whether there would be any racing today. The
rattling halyards and scudding low clouds bore out the bad news
coming back from the race track; the wind was a constant 25 knots
and gusting higher. With the tide soon to change direction to oppose
the wind, the sea state would be sure to deteriorate further. When
the call came at 12.30 to abandon all racing for the day, it was
therefore with an air of resignation that the competitors packed
away their boats.
Competition resumes on Wednesday 2nd after
tomorrow's rest day.
30th July
Race Three
505 sailing does not get much better than this.
Australian champions, Michael Quirk and Geoff Lange from Sydney,
clearly felt at home, sailing brilliantly under blue skies and a
brisk twenty knots plus breeze to take first place in the third heat
of the CSC 505 World Championships.
Quirk and Lange took the lead during the first
downwind leg, but not before class newcomers Toby Dale and James
Cole of Great Britain had their best day's work in the boat by
leading the 112 strong fleet around the first mark after a testing
opening beat of one and three-quarter miles. However, they were
passed on the frenetic downwind leg by not only the Australian boat
but by a group of other boats including the early series leader,
Mark Upton-Brown and Ian Mitchell (GBR) and the winners of the
previous race, Ebbe Rosen and Olle Wenrup
After the frenzied place changing on the downwind
leg, the leading pack started to settle down on the next beat. Quirk
and Lange held off the challenge of Upton-Brown and Mitchell, who in
turn were comfortably ahead of Rosen and Wenrup. With the wind now
beginning to gust over 22 knots (Force 6), the reaching legs were
always going to be a challenge, and the leading group all
accelerated away from the windward mark in a coruscating display of
spray and power over waves that were up to one and a half metres
high. The first reach was set at a tighter angle than the second,
and although Quirk and Lange were able to hold their spinnaker all
the way to the gybe mark, Upton-Brown and Mitchell were forced to
drop theirs to make the rounding. At that stage it looked as though
the Australians had established a decisive lead, but on the second
reach they sailed too deep. Howard Hamlin and Jeff Nelson of the USA
rounded the gybe mark in sixth place, but were first to spot a gust
that enabled them to power through to third place by the leeward
turn, closely behind Upton-Brown and Mitchell, who in turn were back
hard on the heels of Quirk and Lange.
The next beat was the closest of the day with the
top three all keeping a wary eye on each other. Hamlin and Nelson
were able to outwit Upton-Brown and Mitchell early on by picking up
a slight inside lift as the British duo footed off to try and put
pressure on Quirk and Lange. At the top mark, only two boat lengths
separated each of the first three boats; Australia, from America
from Great Britain. The Australians had obviously decided to keep
things simple off wind and when Hamlin and then Upton-Brown called
early gybes, they elected to carry on blasting towards the left hand
corner of the course. With Hamlin being two times World 18 foot
skiff champion and Upton-Brown also having considerable experience
in International 14s, it was not surprising that these two boats
decided to try breaking the Australian’s hold on the race by working
the gybing angles down the long downwind leg. However, Quirk and
Lange proved that, on this occasion, simple was best. Their single
gybe tactic resulted in an increased lead of about 150 metres, thus
giving them a comfortable cushion going into the final leg.
Upton-Brown and Mitchell had just managed to
squeeze back in front of Hamlin and Nelson at the leeward mark. Once
again, however, the Americans managed to edge through the British
pair upwind and held onto this advantage to the finish. Another
British team, Ian Barker and Mark Darling, who had been steadily
creeping up through the fleet managed to claim fifth place close
behind Stefan Boehm and Gerald Roos of Germany.
Top six Race 1:
1: Michael Quirk, Geoff Lange, AUS 8886
2: Howard Hamlin, Jeff Nelson, USA 8266
3: Mark Upton-Brown, Ian Mitchell, GBR 8908
4: Stefan Boehm, Gerald Roos, GER 8862
5: Ian Barker, Mark Darling, GBR 8743
6: Doug Hagan, Robert Woelfel, USA 8554
29 July 2006
Race Two
Although the threatened rainy squalls were
visibly battering the Isle of Wight and the western Solent, the
second race of the CSC 505 World Championships was led away by the
pathfinder USA 8266, crewed by Howard Hamlin and Jeff Nelson, in a
light southerly breeze. The westerly tidal flow had now set in and
most boats opted for an early start to gain the maximum advantage
from the current. First to the top mark were Swedish veterans, Ebbe
Rosen and Olle Wenrup, who had established a lead of about fifty
metres over the German pair, Boris Hermann and Julien Kleiner. The
Swedes gybe set and ran deep towards the leeward mark, a tactic that
paid off handsomely when the wind shifted further to the right. They
arrived at the start of the second beat with a lead of nearly a
minute over the Swiss paring of Rene Betschen and Patrick Ducommun
and Americans Doug Hagan and Robert Woelfel.
The wind shift had come too late for the Race
Committee to reset the next windward leg, with the result that it
was strongly biased to starboard tack. Rosen and Wenrup gambled on
the wind continuing to veer to the west by tracking out the right
hand side. However, this tactic failed when Hermann and Kleiner, who
had tacked soon after the leeward mark, climbed up inside them and
crossed ahead of just before the end of the leg. The pack was also
being shuffled behind the leading two boats. Mark Upton–Brown and
Ian Mitchell once again showed good pace to move into third; behind
them the Danish pair of Jan Saugmann and Morten Ramsbeak were also
beginning to look threatening. The gybe mark had been laid to
account for the new wind direction, with the result that the two
reaches were reasonably even. However, Upton-Brown and Mitchell made
the mistake of going low on the first reach which gave them a
tighter gybing angle than Saugmann and Ramsbeak, who were able to
roll over to windward of the British boat at the start of the second
reach.
A technical problem had prevented the Race
Committee from resetting the windward mark, with the result that the
third beat was also strongly biased. This looked like being a long
procession on the favoured starboard tack, until Hermann and Kleiner
misjudged the tide and marginally overstood the windward mark,
allowing Rosen and Wenrup inside to take a narrow lead into the last
lap. By now the wind had dropped to a sickly 6 knots. The Swedes
demonstrated their experience by gradually extending their advantage
over the Germans. Saugmann and Ramsbeak seemed secure in third place,
but Hamlin and Nelson had by now moved into the top five and were
disputing fourth place with Upton-Brown and Mitchell.
Having let the Germans slip through once before,
Rosen and Wenrup were careful to cover them up the final beat to
finish, in spite of a shifting wind and tidal current making life
difficult. With a different top three in each of the first two races,
the prospects are for an intriguing contest in the days ahead.
Top six Race 2:
1: Ebbe Rosen and Olle Wenrup, SWE, 8232
2: Boris Hermann and Julien Kleiner, GER 8903
3: Jan Saugmann, Morten Ramsbaek, DEN 8620
4: Mark Upton-Brown, Ian Mitchell, GBR 8908
5: Howard Hamlin, Jeff Nelson, USA 8266
6: Jens Findel, Johannes Tellen, GER 8875
Race One
The 112 teams competing in the 51st 505 World
Championships awoke on Saturday morning to find a promising breeze
rattling the halyards in the boat park. Even though the sunny
conditions were not forecast to last, this was of secondary interest;
the wind was forecast to steadily increase throughout the day. So it
was with anticipation of some brisk action that the fleet left the
shore for the race track in Bracklesham Bay.
Unfortunately for those crews that revel in
stronger breeze, by the time the first race started, the wind had
moderated to no more than 12 knots. However, the German pairing of
Helen Fischer and Angela Stenger were not complaining. After showing
their liking for lighter winds by leading the final race of the pre
Worlds series earlier in the week, they again popped up to head the
fleet around the first mark, closely pursued by the in form
Americans, Tyler Moore and Jesse Falsone. However, although the
German girls were quick down the next off wind leg, they were
overhauled on the second beat by Moore and Falsone. Ian Pinnell and
Steve Hunt of Great Britain also came through well to third
position, closely pursued by their compatriots, Mark Upton–Brown and
Ian Mitchell.
Upton–Brown and Mitchell kept up the pressure on
Pinnell and Hunt down the first reaching leg, and were able to get a
better line on exiting the gybe mark to sweep through to third by
the leeward mark. They then continued their climb through the
placings by overtaking Fischer and Stenger on the final upwind leg.
However, Moore and Tyler were able to resist the challenge of the
British duo and held their cool on the down wind leg to the finish.
Australian champions, Michael Quirk and Geoff Lange enjoyed a good
final leg to wrest fourth place from Pinnell and Hunt, who also lost
out to Jens Findel and Johannes Tellen close to the finish.
Top six Race 1:
1: Tyler Moore, Jesse Falsone, USA 8883
2: Mark Upton-Brown, Ian Mitchell, GBR 8908
3: Helen Fischer, Angela Stenger, GER 8751
4: Michael Quirk, Geoff Lange, AUS 8886
5: Jens Findel, Johannes Tellen, GER 8875
6: Ian Pinnell, Steve Hunt, GBR 8882
27 July 2006
Final Results:
Pre-Worlds
Race Four
After the frustrations of Wednesday it looked as
though the competitors in the CSC 505 UK National Championships and
pre Worlds Regatta would suffer a repeat today when the breeze
failed to settle during the morning. However, after a three hour
postponement Principal Race Officer, Paul Carpenter, was able to get
the final heat of the Regatta started in a steady 8 knot breeze,
once again under a brilliant sun.
Although the local wisdom was that the tide
should favour the right side of the beat, the early leaders had all
worked the opposite side. First to round the windward mark were the
German pair of Helen Fischer and Angela Stenger, closely pursued by
Tyler Moore and Jesse Falsone (USA) and Jens Findel and Johannes
Tellen (GER). There were many tactical options to be exploited on
the run to leeward, with the breeze again on the margin at which
opting for sailing high with speed pays over taking a lower, slower
but more direct route. The lightweight pairing of Fischer and
Stenger had no doubt that the high road was the way to go and
stretched their lead impressively. However, the Danish team of Jan
Saugman and Morten Ramsbaek had also prospered by sailing low and
moved up to third place, hard on the heels of Moore and Falsone.
This time the right side of the race track did
pay and, with the breeze firming, Moore and Falsone were beginning
to generate more power than the two German girls, and by two thirds
of the way up the leg had reeled them in and were able to use a
slight shift to the right to power through to windward. Saugaman and
Ramsbaek were also to just get their nose into second at the top
mark. On the two reaching legs that followed the Danish pair
consolidated their hold on second place and, by the start of the
next upwind leg, they had closed to within three boat lengths of the
leading Americans. However, Moore and Falsone were getting into
their stride and showing good upwind pace. Once again they led the
fleet out to the right side and by the end of the leg had stretched
their advantage to more than 100 metres.
Although the leading group had been undisturbed
in their private battle for the podium places, a sudden challenged
emerged from the British duo of Mark Upton-Brown and Ian Mitchell,
who after a disappointing first leg were charging through the fleet.
After gaining a least seven places on the third beat, they started
the final leeward leg in seventh place. By astute working of the
reaching angles they stormed through to fourth at the bottom mark.
However, the task of catching the top three on the final windward
leg was to prove too much.
Series leaders, Howard Hamlin and Jeff Nelson,
finished a relatively disappointing thirteenth, but with competitors
having the ability to discard their worse finishing heat from the
overall results, their consistency in the previous races secured
first place in the pre Worlds regatta ahead of compatriots Moore and
Falsone the up and coming Germans team, Boris Hermann and Julien
Kleiner. In the contest for the United Kingdom Championship,
multiple winner Ian Pinnell, crewed by Steve Hunt secured the trophy
yet again, finishing just one point ahead of Upton-Brown and
Mitchell.
Top six Race 4:
1: Tyler Moore, Jesse Falsone, USA 8883
2: Jan Saugmann, Morten Ramsbaek, DEN 8620
3: Helen Fischer, Angela Stenger, GER 8751
4: Mark Upton-Brown, Ian Mitchell, GBR 8908
5 Jens Findel, Johannes Tellen, GER 8875
6: Ian Pinnell, Steve Hunt, GBR 8882
Final Results:
1: USA 8266, Howie Hamlin, Jeff Nelson, 6pts
2: USA 8883, Tyler Moore, Jesse Falsone, 8pts
3: GER 8903, Boris Herrmann, Julien Kleiner,10pts
4: GBR 8882, Ian Pinnell, Steve Hunt,13pts
5: GBR 8908 Mark Upton Brown, Ian Mitchell 14pts
6: GBR 8743 Ian Barker, Mark Darling 18pts
26 July 2006
In steamy conditions there was no prospect of
enough wind for racing and the fourth race of the CSC UK National
Championships and Pre Worlds Regatta was postponed until Thursday
without the fleet leaving the shore.
25 July 2006
Race Three
The third race of the championship was started in
a warm 10 knot breeze.The first race of the day had shown the fleet
that the left side of the course paid and it was therefore no
surprise when the German victors of Monday’s heat, Boris Herrmann
and Julien Kleiner, emerged from the pack of boats exploring that
side to lead at the first mark.Alexander Meller and Mark Coe (USA)
just sneaked inside Mark Upton-Brown and Ian Mitchell (GBR) to round
second.The off wind leg opened up a number of tactical options which
resulted in considerable place changes, although Herrmann and
Kleiner remained serene at the front of the fleet.
The wind was slowly losing pressure, and in
similar conditions to those in their emphatic opening day
performance, the German pair showed excellent boat speed.However,
this time they were found Upton-Brown and Mitchell were in
determined mood after their disappointment in the previous race.By
the top of the second beat these two boats had opened up a
significant gap on the rest.The two boats raced down the two fast
reaches and up the next beat with never more than a few boat lengths
separating them, and rounded the windward mark for the third time
overlapped.The decisive moment came on the next leeward leg.With the
falling breeze the choice had to be made whether to maintain speed
by sailing higher or take a more direct but slower route.Although
Upton-Brown seemed to taken the advantage by calling a gybe inside
the German boat, he also opted to sail low to the mark.In contrast
Herrmann and Kleiner chose speed over distance, and were rewarded
with a clear lead of about ten boat lengths by the finish.
Although the focus had been on the dual for first
spot, the ever consistent Americans, Howard Hamlin and Jeff Nelson,
worked their way through to finish third and now head the
championship overall.
Top six Race 3:
1:Boris Herrmann, Julien Kleiner, GER 8903
2:Mark Upton-Brown, Ian Mitchell, GBR 8908
3:Howard Hamlin, Jeff Nelson, USA 8266
4:Dietrich Scheder, Rainer Goerge, GER 8728
5 Tyler Moore, Jesse Falsone, USA 8883
6:Ian Pinnell, Steve Hunt, GBR 8882
Race Two
The blue skies and strong sunshine more
reminiscent of California than Hampshire proved inspirational for
the strong American contingent that has arrived ahead of the World
Championship starting next weekend. However, their clean sweep of
the podium places was assisted in no small part by an extraordinary
lapse by the British pair of Mark Upton-Brown and Ian Mitchell, who
squandered a lead of over a minute when they rounded the leeward
mark incorrectly and were thus judged to have sailed the course
incorrectly.
Upton-Brown and Mitchell had led the fleet round
the first windward mark and steadily increased their lead throughout
the race showing impressive pace in the steady 12 knot south
easterly breeze.However, once their error became known, it became
clear that the real race had been going on in their wake, with three
American teams, Howard Hamlin and Jeff Nelson, Tyler Moore and Jesse
Falsone, and Alexander Meller and Mike Coe breaking through to the
front of the fleet by the end of the second lap.
Although there was considerable jousting between
this group Hamlin and Nelson held on to take the gun ahead of Moore
and Falsone.
Top six Race 2:
1:Howard Hamlin, Jeff Nelson, USA 8266
2:Tyler Moore, Jesse Falsone, USA 8883
3:Alexander Meller, Mike Coe, USA 7200
4:Ian Pinnell, Steve Hunt, GBR 8882,
5:Ian Barker, Mark Darling, GBR 8743
6:Hasso Plattner, Peter Alarie, GER 8915
24th July
Race One
The in form German pairing of Boris Herrmann and
Julien Kleiner continued their recent impressive form in the
European Championships into the first heat of the CSC UK National
Championships and pre Worlds regatta with a comfortable win over a
chasing pack that included previous 505 Class World Champions Howard
Hamlin and Ian Barker.
After a two hour postponement the race started in
a light southerly sea breeze with Barker, crewed by Mark Darling,
acting as pathfinder.At the first windward mark the fleet was led by
the American team of Howard Hamlin and Jeff Nelson, closely followed
by Debbie Darling, who was acting a guest skipper for Rainer Goerge
in GER 8728.Barker and Darling showed that the pathfinder’s job is
not always thankless by slotting in at third.
The fitful breeze was losing energy, which made
the leeward leg long and slow, but with plenty of opportunity for
gains and losses to be made.Herrmann and Kleiner were the prime
gainers, moving through from fifth to the lead by the bottom mark, a
lead they were never to relinquish.Their compatriots, Helen Fischer
and Angela Stenger also used the small areas of extra pressure that
were to be had with skill, moving up to third.
The next leg saw close competition and place
changes among the chasing pack, but Herrmann and Kleiner were not be
perturbed, gradually consolidating their lead.By the start of the
final leg they had a lead of over a minute from Hamlin and Nelson,
who had recovered to second place.Although Hamlin was gradually
closing the gap by picking up more pressure on the left of the
course, the German pair covered the danger well to take the
finishing gun.
Top six:
1:Boris Herrmann, Julien Kleiner, GER 8903
2:Howard Hamlin, Jeff Nelson, USA 8266
3:Ian Pinnell, Steve Hunt, GBR 8882
4:Helen Fischer, Angela Stenger, GER 8671
5:Ian Barker, Mark Darling, GBR 8743
6:Debbie Darling, Rainer Goerge, GER 8728
21st July
These are the notes that Ian and John will be
using for the safety briefing
Notes for the Competitor Safety Briefing
1 Your safety is your responsibility.
- “A boat is solely responsible for deciding whether or not to start
or to continue racing”
2 A safety team is on hand.
- patrol boats
- beach team
- links to emergency services
3 Tally system.
- all members of a boat’s crew must be tallied out and back in
- very important!
- if a tally is missing we organise a full search
4 Weather forecasts.
- posted each morning
- briefing if any concerns
5 Hazard areas.
- chichester bar
o very rough on ebb in SW-SE winds
o safer to the east, watch locals!
- west pole sands
o tempting short-cut, not advised
o shallow, can be very rough
o patrol boats may not be able to attend
- cruising traffic
o we will attempt to keep course clear
- launching and recovering
o patient and polite please!
6 Key risks.
- injury or entanglement in capsize
o patrol boats aim to attend all capsizes promptly
o if all OK we move well away, if problems we assist
o we will put people before boats
- rapid weather changes
o strong wind: abandon, patrol boats escort fleet home
o calm: patrol boats tow fleet home (carry your own tow line)
o fog: patrol boats collect fleet and escort home
- medical/other risks
o use both arms distress signal to call us in
o retirees may be escorted, or may wait at mother ship
o drinks, food, sunscreen, clothing....
7 We expect a safe and successful fortnight.
Enjoy yourselves!
Your safety co-ordinators:
Ian Fiddaman +44 (0)78 7066 6556
John Barber +44 (0)77 1048 6474
19th July 2006
We have 111 paid up entries and we know of a few
more coming not yet paid
Looks like we are heading for 120 entries
at Hayling the sun is shining and the wind is blowing - lets hope it
stays that way
see you at the weekend,
Martin
19th June 2006
Some pictures from a wild race in Chicester
Harbour on 29th May. Mark Upton-Brown and Ian Mitchell demonstrate
the 2 sail gybe right under the noses of the spectators on the
clubhouse
Link to Lucy Jameson's pictures
Martin
13th June 2006
The social programme is on the website
Martin
http://www.505worlds2006.com/event/4_social_events.asp
13th June 2006
Busy times here at Hayling - all coming together
nicely - both for the on-water and off-water side.
In case you have not noticed, we now have 100
entries with another 30 pre-registrations. Get those entries in guys
please - it makes my job of planning how much free beer very much
easier when I know how many are coming!!!!!
I know there is still accommodation available -
if you need the list, e mail me or there is a link on the website. A
reminder that we will be running a mini-bus to the camp sites to
pick up those camping. There will be a list when you register to say
where you are staying - we hope to adapt the mini-bus itinerary to
suit.
If you have not booked accommodation already, get
that done immediately as Hayling is a great place for a summer
holiday
see you all at the end of July
Martin
www.505worlds2006.com
HISC Website -
http://www.hisc.co.uk
20th April 2006
Outline Social Events
The social events programmed for the championship
are taking shape. As scheduled in the Notice of Race, there are the
following:
- Daily prize givings
- Pre-worlds Welcome party
- Worlds Welcome party
- Pre-Worlds prize Giving event
- Worlds Prize Giving - Dinner and Party
For the other socials, these following are definite:
- Old 505 Boys reunion party - 6-30 on Friday 28th July - this runs
straight into the Pre-Worlds prize giving, so there will be food
available to dilute the beer. Contact Jim Berry or Rob Napier. The
more old-boys the better -we want a really good reunion
- Rondar Party.
and these are pretty much definite:
- Curry Night. One of the great traditions of the British fleet is
eating curry - Britain's most popular dish - so they say!
- On the Tuesday 1st Aug (Lay Day), we are looking at laying on a
few coaches round to Portsmouth Historic dockyard with tour of the
historic ships + Old Portsmouth + Gunwharfe Quays.
- On Friday 28th July (lay day between pre-worlds and worlds), visit
to Selden / Proctor masts
- Beer and Barbeque on coming ashore after racing every day
- We have some sponsored beer from Fullers on its way and the
promise of more to come from some other breweries
- We'll have a notice board of local things to do. Everything from
Roman Palace trip to Golf
We are still working the details and expect more
to come
And of course the HISC bar will be open from
around midday until late every day. The restaurant and snack-bar
facilities will be open from breakfast time through until around
9-00 at night.
It's going to be a great event on and off the
water
Martin
19th April 2006
A reminder again that Standard Entry fee applies
up to and including 11th May. After that increased rates apply;
there is no final cut-off date. - See Notice of Race
21st March 2006
The FINAL version of the NOR has been posted on
this website in the 'Event' section
The material changes from the previous version
are:
- bottom of page 3. The last day for the standard
entry fee is now Thursday May 11th 2006. Make a note of that one in
your diaries. I will be chasing you via these newsletters
- page 4. We have swapped around the schedule of
racing on the Wedneday and the Thursday of the Worlds series. This
puts the AGM on the Thursday
16 March 2006
Non GBR interest - Insurance in the UK
Dear competitors. Those who have read the NOR in
detail will have seen that Section 16 says:-
1. Each participating boat shall be insured with third-party
liability insurance to a value of at
least £2,000,000 (GBP) (or the equivalent in any other currency)
valid for UK waters for the
duration of the event.
2. Each boat shall be able to provide the Organizing Authority with
a certificate of that
insurance.
You will need to have that insurance, but we know
that some countries don't like insuring for that much. So we've been
talking with the guys who run the 505 class insurance scheme in the
UK to see if they can help you
This is what they (First Commercial Insurance)
told me:
1) What we don't want is anyone turning up with insufficient
insurance and trying to sort it out here in the UK at zero notice -
and we (First Commercial) are not open at weekends
2) The simplest option is that the competitors arrange appropriate
top-up insurance from their home country through their normal
insurer. However we recognize that this may be a problem in some
cases
3) Given advance notice, Third Party insurance for the whole 2 week
period can be arranged for £42 (GBP)
4) To give us time to complete the insurance, competitors need to
contact us by 7th July
5) Competitors must be aware that they would need to cancel the
third party element of their normal insurance for that period to
make sure that they are not double-insured since, in insurance law,
these two insurances effectively cancel each other out. However,
they should retain their normal cover for damage to their boat/rig/etc
as our policy is only for the third party aspect and will not cover
own damage.
6) If any competitor wants to make use of this offer, then contact
us at First Commercial Insurance (0)1621 784 840. You can also email
me (Ian Montague) on [email protected]. We will need
competitor's name, address and sail number. We can take payment by
credit/debit card (Sorry not AMEX)
7) We are doing this at our standard UK prices, so to save
international postage costs, we will post the insurance certificates
to the organizers so they are waiting for you when you arrive at
Hayling.
20 February 2006
More accommodation information.
See
http://www.505worlds2006.com/accommodation/5_other_accommodation.asp
13 February 2006
Entry Fee and Containers
Due to improving financial circumstances, the
entry fee is reduced to £295 and the sponsorship per boat per
container improved to £200 per boat. Please refer to NOR and
container Ts and Cs downloadable PDF documents for details. Any one
who has already paid, will be refunded the difference.
25 January 2006
ENTRY FEE and CONTAINERS
I have posted today on
www.505worlds2006.com details of:
- entry fees in the revised NOR. The headline figure is £300. Late
entry fees apply. See:- Event > NOR then click the link for PDF
download. Entry fee includes Parking, Prize giving dinner / party,
etc
- The container deal. Sponsorship is on a sliding scale - the more
boats in the container, the more sponsorship. We want to incentivise
you to fill the containers! See: Shipping for a general description.
See Shipping > Terms and Conditions and click the link for the PDF
download for the full details. There are two questions we need
answers on a) who is the contact for each container b) have we got
the Ports right in the documents - I've had confirmation of New
York, but I need the others please
CAMPING AND MOTORHOMES. The upshot of our
discussions with local government is that we cannot get temporary
access to any convenient field. To make up for that, we will be
running a free shuttle-bus between Fishery Creek Camp Site (linked
via website) and the club to get you to the sailing in the morning
and then back and forth in the evening so you can enjoy some English
beer and not drive.
ACCOMMODATION. You need to get a move on to get
the stuff at or near the club - there will always be plenty 15
minutes drive away
At HISC: Quite a few of you have booked at the club already and it's
filling up fast. Do it today. Phone the club and make your booking.
Camping/motorhomes: book into Fishery Creek (via Havant Tourist
Office).
Self Catering: members houses are going as fast as I get requests,
but I see there are some possibilities still on
www.haylingproperty.co.uk.
Staying with members: so far the members on the list I've sent out
are not booked up - some are but not many. For copy of the current
list, click the link on the 4th paragraph of the accommodation pages
of the website
And don't forget Havant Tourist Office They are there to help you -
its free and they are used to sailors!. Links on the website. Best
to phone them once you have some initial ideas
We have 81 pre-registrations
Phone number of HISC is (0) 23 9246 3768
Regards
Martin
17 January 2006
You might be interested in this extract from a
Hayling Island S.C. newsletter some 30 years ago when HISC hosted
the 505 Europeans. Fuel prices going up and cold sailing the winter
series ...... nothing changes! One or two scanning errors - type
writers were involved! (This was when I joined HISC - MGS)
23 December 2005
A bug-fix version of the NOR has been posted
18 November 2005
Notice of Race posted »
19 Oct 2005
Arrangements have been made with 2 sailmakers and a boat builder for
repair facilities during the championship. Details are on the Venue
> Championship support.
7 Oct 2005
Some club members have expressed an interest in renting out all or
part of their house on Hayling Island. A list will be available in
due course. Contact me using the General Enquiry form in the Contact
pages of this website. See also the accomodation pages of this
website
16 June 2005
505 Worlds 2006 website goes live
http://www.505worlds2006.com/
